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Maxim Kolotii
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R&D Manager · Wiztech Group

Hi, I'm Maxim.

I'm an AI enthusiast, iGaming expert, R&D leader and startup mentor.

15+ years in software, 10+ in iGaming. I build AI products that help casino and sports operators grow — and I mentor AI startups on the way.

Cyprus · EET

years in software
15+
years leading teams
10+
people in R&D today
50+
slot games at Skywind
~100
monthly players at Winpot.mx
100k+

Projects

Things I've built

  • Wizpilot website

    Wizpilot

    2022 — now

    AI game recommendations for casino operators.

    Learns what each player wants to play next and recommends it in real time, through a single API.

    Partner · product & R&D

    wizpilot.com
    • Machine learning
    • Recommendations
    • API
  • Provlepsi website

    Provlepsi

    2025 — now

    Prediction markets for licensed operators.

    Simple YES / NO prediction markets, delivered to licensed operators as a ready platform.

    Partner · product & R&D

    provlepsi.com
    • Prediction markets
    • Real-time
    • B2B
  • Wiztech × Winpot.mx website

    Wiztech × Winpot.mx

    2021 — now

    The iGaming platform, and the Mexican brand it powers.

    I lead R&D for Wiztech's casino and sportsbook platform. We launched Winpot.mx on it from scratch; today it's a top-5 brand in Mexico with 100k+ monthly players.

    R&D Manager · partner

    winpot.mx
    • Platform
    • Node.js
    • React
    • Kubernetes
  • AI

    AI tools for iGaming

    2023 — now

    LLM-powered tools for operators and our own teams.

    I've used large language models every day since late 2022. Since 2023 we've been building them into the product and into how our R&D works.

    R&D lead

    • LLMs
    • NLP
    • Automation

  • Skywind slots

    2015 — 2021

    Online slots and casino games.

    Six years at Skywind, from senior engineer to team lead, working on around 100 slot games.

    Senior engineer → team lead

    skywindgroup.com
    • Game servers
    • Node.js
    • Slots
    • SixSeven Multiplication
    • =42: Multiplication
    • Plinkolo
    • Tic Tac Toe Endless
    • Fruit Tower Balancer
    • Veget Tower
    • SandyRich
    • Tropic Stickers
    • iVerbs

    Indie iOS apps

    2016 — now

    Small apps I build on the side.

    Nine App Store apps since 2016 — from iVerbs to times-tables trainers and Plinkolo.

    Solo developer

    App Store
    • Swift
    • iOS
    • Games

Journey · 2007 — 2026

How I got here

  1. 2007 · meanwhile

    Apple unveils the iPhone

    Mobile becomes the future overnight.

  2. 2007

    Computer Science, DDMA

    2007–2012. Where I write my first real code.

  3. 2008 · meanwhile

    The App Store opens

    About 500 apps on day one.

  4. 2011

    Software Developer, AlterEGO

    First paid code, still a student.

  5. 2012 · meanwhile

    Facebook goes public

    Social games are at their peak.

  6. 2012

    Win Interactive

    Senior developer on social and casual games, Kyiv.

  7. 2015

    Skywind Group

    Senior engineer on online slots.

  8. 2015 · meanwhile

    Google open-sources TensorFlow

    Deep learning goes mainstream.

  9. 2017 · meanwhile

    "Attention Is All You Need"

    The Transformer paper — the T in GPT.

  10. 2018 · meanwhile

    US sports betting opens up

    The Supreme Court strikes down PASPA.

  11. 2018

    Team Lead, Skywind

    Leading a dev team; ~100 slot games in my Skywind years.

  12. 2021 · meanwhile

    GitHub Copilot preview

    AI starts writing code with us.

  13. 2021

    R&D Manager, Wiztech Group

    Cyprus. Winpot.mx, built from scratch.

  14. 2022

    Wizpilot

    AI game recommendations for operators.

  15. 2022 · meanwhile

    ChatGPT launches

    I've used LLMs every day since.

  16. 2023 · meanwhile

    GPT-4 is released

    Models get good enough for real products.

  17. 2023

    AI tools for iGaming

    LLMs inside the product and the team.

  18. 2025 · meanwhile

    DeepSeek-R1

    Open reasoning models shake the market.

  19. 2025

    Provlepsi

    Prediction markets for licensed operators.

  20. 2026 · meanwhile

    World Cup opens in Mexico City

    Winpot's home market takes the stage.

  21. 2026

    50+ people in R&D

    And mentoring AI startups on the side.

About

About me

I've spent 15+ years in software and more than a decade in iGaming — from social games in Kyiv to around 100 slot games at Skywind to leading R&D in Cyprus. Since late 2022 I've used large language models every day, and I build them into products operators actually use.

How I work

  • Ship small
  • Iterate fast
  • Measure everything
  • Always be learning

People I work with call me motivated, innovative and collaborative. I report to the CTO and lead our AI and iGaming projects.

Outside work

  • Family
  • Travel
  • Running

I mentor AI startups, and I build small iOS apps — lately, times-tables trainers.

Books that shaped me

  • The Pragmatic Programmer
  • The Art of Computer Programming — Donald Knuth
  • Algorithms — Robert Sedgewick
  • Thinking, Fast and Slow
  • The Lean Startup
  • The Innovator's Dilemma
  • The Innovators — Walter Isaacson
What I'm doing now

Toolbox

  • Node.js
  • NestJS
  • Next.js
  • React
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Python
  • TensorFlow
  • PyTorch
  • scikit-learn
  • NLP
  • LLMs
  • Deep learning

Contact

Let's build something together.

Collaboration, mentoring, speaking — or just a good conversation about AI and iGaming. I'm based in Cyprus (EET) and happy to travel for meetings. English here; Ukrainian on request.

maksym@kolotii.com